The building was originally built in the early 1980's, and had reportedly suffered water ingress and structural failure since new.

In-house project management by UWS led the consultant team - Neustein Rosenberg Earnshaw Architects and Rod Broune Consulting Engineers - through design development to adapt the building for its new purpose.

As part of this $1.6M project; footings and retaining walls have been exposed, extended and retanked for waterproofing, concrete columns replaced for structural adequacy and half the roof framing removed and replaced with steel trusses to accommodate a new, deeply coffered ceiling. A full commercial kitchen is included.

As is common with extensive refurbishments, the building has presented a few surprises for the consultant and building team to resolve. Pro-active input by Kane (Donn Veale - SM, and Shane Harders - Admin) has provided timely and cost effective solutions.

This $1M project, and all works on the school to date have been designed by Noel Bell Ridley Smith, and Project Managed by Sinclair Knight Mertz. Kane were appointed following a lump-sum tender process.

The construction of the new building has taken place in the middle of the school grounds, with secure

perimeter fencing established by Kane to separate children and staff from the building works.

Early works in the ground encountered existing services with the potential to delay the project. The building programme was altered and staged by Kane to minimise lost time. Good progress with the concrete and solid brick construction (and a little luck with dry weather!) regained lost time. Fitout and finishes trades commenced on-site in October, and the building was handed over to the School on-time, with a very pleasing level of quality, in January in time for preparations for the new school year.